Nicolas Prost | |
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Prost at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Nationality | French |
Born | Nicolas Jean Prost 18 August 1981 Saint-Chamond, Loire, France |
Related to | Alain Prost (father) |
FIA WEC career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Rebellion Racing |
Car no. | 12 |
Starts | 33 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 4th in 2012 |
Finished last season | 10th |
Previous series | |
2011–13 2011–12 2010 2009–11 2009–10, 2010–11 2008–09 2008 2006–07 2005 2005 2004–05 2004–05 2004 2003 |
American Le Mans Series Andros Trophy FIA GT1 World Championship Le Mans Series Andros Trophy Électrique A1 Grand Prix Euroseries 3000 Spanish Formula Three Championship Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FFSA GT Championship Formula Renault 2000 France Formula Renault 2000 Germany Formula Campus France |
Championship titles | |
2009–10, 2010–11 2008 |
Andros Trophy Électrique Euroseries 3000 |
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Current team | Renault e.dams |
Car no. | 8 |
Starts | 24 |
Wins | 3 |
Poles | 3 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2015–16 |
Finished last season | 3rd |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 2007, 2009 – |
Teams | Team Oreca, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Rebellion Racing |
Best finish | 4th (2012, 2014) |
Class wins | 1 (2014) |
Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981) is a French professional racing driver, son of 4-time Formula One champion Alain Prost, currently racing in the FIA Formula E Championship. He is also a longstanding racer in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Lotus Rebellion Racing. He also competes in the Andros Trophy and he was a reserve driver for Lotus F1.
Born in Saint-Chamond, Loire, and despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost and his wife Anne-Marie, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. Like his father, Prost was a golfer, winning tournaments when he was at Columbia University in New York.
In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. He won one race and had six podiums, which earned him 4th place in the championship as well as the best rookie title.
In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship with 2 wins, 1 pole and 7 podiums.
In 2008, he joined Bull racing and won the Euroseries 3000 championship in his first year with one win, two poles and seven podiums.
For A1 GP season 3 (2007–2008), Nicolas was the rookie driver for Team France.
For A1 GP season 4 (2008–2009), Nicolas was still the rookie driver and topped every single rookie sessions. He was promoted to racing driver for the end of the season and showed that he had the pace to fight on top. The team issued in a statement at the end of the seasons that he should be driving the entire 2009–2010 season.
In 2007, he competed with Team Oreca in a Saleen S7-R with Laurent Groppi and Jean-Philippe Belloc and finished 5th in his category.